UAD PolyMAX - This thing is Sick

[DamienC]

Perfect, thanks.

I m hoping they will bring some QoL to their synth plugins soon enough.

[Uncle E]

The much improved 1.5 beta of Filterscape can be found in the U-He forum: viewtopic.php?t=599959

Thank you

[Uncle E]

I m hoping they will bring some QoL to their synth plugins soon enough.

Certainly won’t happen any time soon, if ever.

[pdxindy]

The PolyMax filter sounds kind of bland to me personally.

I haven't tried PolyMax, so have no direct experience. I did watch a number of videos showing sounds and not once did I see someone using the BP or HP filters... only lowpass in the videos which I thought peculiar given how many sound examples there were across the videos (maybe only the LP was working upon initial release?).

So as far as I know, I have only heard the LP filter. What I heard of it sounded fine. I did hear a few times the resonance sounding shrill up around self oscillation. When I was looking at a few videos, I didn't come across one that showcased the filter, not that I looked hard for it.

[audiouser720]

Is the filter in FilterscapeVA more world class than the the filter in PolyMax?

They are different type of filters, I know, but I want to know which one is more world class.

There are subjective aspects of filter DSP, "this sounds good" and objective aspects, "this behaves the same as the hardware circuit." When it comes to the former, hey, whatever floats your boat. Not everything needs to sound and behave like an analog filter. The PolyMax filter sounds kind of bland to me personally. When it comes to the latter, Andy and Urs are about the best in the world at that. Doesn't guarantee you'll like the sound of the filter though. Nothing will make BONES like a ladder filter with no bass compensation for example - no matter how accurate it is.

Andy Cytomic is an absolute genius. To my ears he makes the best sounding plugins out of all the plugins. In the Galaxy at least. But boy I wish he had the facilities or the aspiration or whatever is needed to speed up the conveyor belt. That 1176, that semi-modular synth, they need to be ready yesterday. I want them so bad. I fear I’ll be in a swing chair vegetating away in the garden with a hearing aid by the time a beta is out. If I live long enough to even experience it, and I’m not even middle-aged yet. Apple will have updated their OS at least 50 times by then. They might even put the jack on the iPhone back and HDMI on their laptops. Logic will have had PDC implemented and ES2 updated to retina.

I’m not rushing the man. I’m Just saying. I have, I think, everything he has ever produced and would by anything in a heartbeat. I guess this pretty much makes me sound like a Cytomic fanboy. In a ‘World’ full of U-he fanboys.

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

audiouser720 are you also a VCV rack user? He's got a great SSM2040 out now:
https://library.vcvrack.com/?query=&bra ... =&license=

In addition to the Doepfer/WASP filter he previously coded for the platform:
https://library.vcvrack.com/Doepfer/A124

Might help you scratch that itch for a Cytomic modular/semi-modular.

[audiouser720]

audiouser720 are you also a VCV rack user? He's got a great SSM2040 out now:
https://library.vcvrack.com/?query=&bra ... =&license=

In addition to the Doepfer/WASP filter he previously coded for the platform:
https://library.vcvrack.com/Doepfer/A124

Might help you scratch that itch for a Cytomic modular/semi-modular.

I’m embarrassed to admit but I’m only a VCV user now because of his modules. I was on Blocks, but now I have some Cytomic in VCV. I can still control my outboard with CV like in Blocks

[audiouser720]

The PolyMax filter sounds kind of bland to me personally.

I haven't tried PolyMax, so have no direct experience. I did watch a number of videos showing sounds and not once did I see someone using the BP or HP filters... only lowpass in the videos which I thought peculiar given how many sound examples there were across the videos (maybe only the LP was working upon initial release?).

So as far as I know, I have only heard the LP filter. What I heard of it sounded fine. I did hear a few times the resonance sounding shrill up around self oscillation. When I was looking at a few videos, I didn't come across one that showcased the filter, not that I looked hard for it.

On which soft synths the resonance doesn’t sound shill in your opinion?

[XpanderDude]

I don't think polymax sounds shrill on the LP filter, even at higher res. I absolutely think it sounds like hot garbage with high res on the bandpass though. The LP certainly sounds better at high/max res than something like UNO LX or Roland Cloud J60.

[audiouser720]

After Cytomic, Massive X and Reaktor Blocks have the best filters. I think they are better than PolyMax and Opal, the filter(s) that is. Don’t tell me those sound shrill.

I do agree with the UNO LX comparison.

[aijaijaijai]

I really like the sound of this synth. There's nice softness when the filter is down.
Just wish there was another lfo.

[audiouser720]

I wish it had poly mod. Then it would be perfect

[PatchAdamz]

I have been using their Moog emulation on a number of toons.
Serious fat (and phat).

[vitocorleone123]

After Cytomic, Massive X and Reaktor Blocks have the best filters. I think they are better than PolyMax and Opal, the filter(s) that is. Don’t tell me those sound shrill.

I do agree with the UNO LX comparison.

Don't know about Reaktor, but I think the PolyMax and Opal filters are right up there with the best of them.

[zerocrossing]

I wish it had poly mod. Then it would be perfect

I’d definitely use it more if it had a Prophet 5/6 style polymod feature, or even a small mod matrix where an oscillator was exposed as a mod source. Add polyphonic aftertouch and it would become one of my most used software synths for bread and butter type sounds.